Electrical cooking device



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-ff BYwu/ ATTORNEYS Patented Sept, 16, 1952 AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICES Raymond E.Keml1edy, New Salisbury, Ind. Application September 10, 1951,*Serial No. 245,949

- l g This invention relates to an device.

An object of this invention is to provide an electrical cooker which is designed for cooking of frankfurters or wieners wherein the food article forms the electrical connection between spaced electrodes. 1

Another object of this vinvention is to provide a pair of spaced receptacles adapted to hold a liquid,` such as water or the like, with means for connecting the receptacles to a source of electric current supply which is so constructed and arranged that the electric circuit is broken when the receptacles are exposed.

A further object of this invention is to provide a housing having a hinged lid with a pair of receptacles in the housing and means for connecting the receptacles to a source of electric electrical cooking current supply which includes a pair of switchesV carried by the housing and lid so that the 'electric circuit will be broken when the lid is opened and will be closed when the lid is closed, thereby providing a safety factor which will prevent accidental shock to a person using the cooker.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of an electrical cooker for frankfurters or wieners, constructed according to an embodiment of this invention, showing the device in open position,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure l, showing the lid cover in closed position,

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the electric circuit embodied in this invention,

Figure 5 is a framentary sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, showing the contacts or switches in closed position,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary end elevation of the device with the lid in open position,

Referring to the drawings, the numeral I designates generally a housing formed of abottom wall front and rear walls I2 and I3, and opposite end walls Il. A lid or cover I is hingedly secured as at I6 to the upper edge of the rear wall I3.

A pair of liquid holding receptacles Il and |8 are disposed within the housing I0, extending between the front and rear walls, as shown in Z Claims. (Cl. 219-19) Figure l. The two receptacles Il and |8.are of like construction and each includes a bottom wall I9, opposite side walls 20, and front and rear walls 2| and 22. Each receptacle is also formed with depending guards 23 projecting from the side Walls 20 and also is formed with opposite end guards 2|.

An insulating plate 25 is disposed between the confronting sides of the two receptacles Il and I8 and is xed between the front and rear walls I2 and I3 respectively of the housing I0. Each receptacle is supported above the bottom wall I by means of a horizontally disposed rectangular frame member 26 which is supported above the bottom wall by means of upstanding legs 21. An electrode 28 is disposed within the frame 26 in a position to engage the bottom wall I9, and a terminal 2B extendsfrom one end of the electrode 28.

A switch generally designated as 30 is associated with each electrode 28 and each switch 3l includes a male contact member 3| carried by an insulated body 32 which is fixed to the inner side of the front Wall I2. A female contact member 33 is carried by an insulated body 34 which is xed to the inner side of the lid I5, and contact 33 is adapted to engage contact 3| when the lid I5 is in closed position. Contact 3| is connected to electrode 28 by means of a conductor 35, and contact 33 has one end of a conductor 3B connected thereto. The conductor 36 is adapted to be connected at the opposite end to one side of a source of electric current supply.

Each receptacle I'I and I8 is adapted to have a liquid 3l, such as water or the like, disposed therein, and a frankfurter 38 is adapted to be bent over the inner side of the receptacles |'I and I8 and over the insulating plate 25, with the opposite ends of the article extending into the liquid 31. In this manner the frankfurter 38 forms the connecting link between the electrodes 28 through the water 3l. The lid l5 is adapted to be held in open position by means of a pair of pivotally connected together links 39 and 40.

In the use and operation of this device, the frankfurters or wieners are bent over the inner sides of the container or receptacles Il and I8 and extended into the water or liquid 3l within each receptacle. The conductors 35 are connected to a source of electric current supply and when the lid |5 is closed switches 30 will be closed so that a complete circuit will be formed between the two electrodes 28 and the resistance of the liquid 3l will act to provide for the heating of the liquids in the two containers, which liquids 1. An""e1ectrical cooker comprising a housing `formed of electrical insulating material, a lid hinged to said housing, an insulating partition disposed between a pair of walls of said housing, la pair of electrodes disposed one on each side of said partition, a pair of liquid holding receptacles one on each side of said partition, means loom-f prising a horizontally disposed rectangularframe,

,4 hinged to said housing, an insulating partition disposed between a pair of walls of said housing. a pair of electrodes disposed one on each side of said partition, means supporting said electrodes above the bottom of said housing, a pair of liquid holding receptacles one on each side of said partition and contacting with saidelectrodes, depending guards carried by said receptacles about the sides and the ends thereof and engaging about's'aid'v electrodes, a pair of switch elements carried by said housing-means connecting said -elements with said electrodes, a pair of complementary switch elements carried by said lid adapted to engage said irst pair of switch elements when said Alid is closed, and means connecting said 'second pair of switch elements with ,s asource of electric current supply.

legs supporting said frame, and means -securing Y supply.

2. `An electrical cooker AcomprisingY a housing formed of electrical insulating material, a lid RAYMOND E. KENNEDY.

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